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?A Movable Feast?, 2006.
An examination of why "A Movable Feast" by Ernest Hemingway cannot and should not be considered a 'short story'.
1,874 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 41.95
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This paper claims that the literary genius of Hemingway of course is in the fact that his works, short stories, novels or any other of his writings are so powerfully written that they defy explanation. The paper looks at the story "A Movable Feast" and defines the story as being one that cannot be categorized by modern terminology.
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"According to Hemingway's heirs, "Earnest started writing this book in Cuba in the autumn of 1957, worked on it in Ketchum, Idaho, in the winter of 1958 - 59, took it with him to Spain when we went there in April, 1959, and brought it back with him to Cuba and then to Ketchum late that fall. He finished the book in the spring of 1960 in Cuba, after having put it aside to write another book, The Dangerous Summer, about the violent rivalry between Antonio Ordonez and Luis Miguel Dominguin in the bull rings of Spain in 1959. He made some revisions of this book in the fall in 1960 in Ketchum. It concerns the years 1921 to 1926 in Paris." /s/ M. H."
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Hemingway's "A Movable Feast", 2003.
A discussion on Ernest Hemingway's autobiography, "A Movable Feast".
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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This paper discusses the accuracy of Ernest Hemingway's autobiographical memoir "A Movable Feast" as it depicts his years in Paris. It contends the book is always compelling is not always factual and presents an aura of truth.
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"Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published A Movable Feast is generally characterized as an autobiographical memoir recalling Hemingway's experiences while living in Paris during ..."
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Furniture: Making it Movable in a Movable Society, 2002.
A discussion on how furniture design today reflects a more mobile and changing society.
1,845 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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The paper studies people's changing method of furniture buying as society's tastes change. Society today is very different than what it was thirty years ago. Our tastes today are very mobile, and hence, furniture is reflecting this notion. The paper shows that as technology has advanced our society, our tastes have also changed and these tastes further affect what the general public wants as far as art, film, and furniture. The paper explores how the growing aspect of technology today has influenced manufactures to develop furniture with interchangeable parts, as well as furniture that is flexible, easier to move, assemble, and reassemble. All of these factors also assist people with saving space within their living quarters as well as moving their furniture more easily. The paper explores the use of plywood and the need of saving time and space.
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"The formation of plywood in layers permits it to be bent into curved shapes by stretching and compression under heat or steam. Again, this permits people in our ever-moving society to skew their furniture to fit their needs. For the piece that forms the continuous back and seat of a chair it can be used as thin as a quarter-of-an-inch. Because of the cross-grained lamination, expansion and contraction under changes of heat or humidity become negligible. Nor can plywood split or warp under normal conditions."
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Amish Barn Raisings: Collective Work Events and Feasting, 2001.
This paper discusses not only the history and custom of Amish barn raisings, but deals with theoretical work on feasting that often accompanies group work projects in less ?modern? cultures.
5,425 words (approx. 21.7 pages), 4 sources, £ 92.95
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This paper examines the Amish barn raising feast within Dietler?s and Herbich?s theoretical framework of the Collective Work Event (CWE) and elucidates the role of the feast within the barn raising event, as well as the event itself within a broader social context. The investigation begins with a description of barn raisings within the Old Order Amish community of Goshen, Indiana and then discusses the concepts of the Work Feast and Work Exchange beneath the CWE rubric. Finally, barn raising as an ethnographic object is analyzed using Dietler?s and Herbich?s six descriptive factors to determine the relevance of the framework to the Amish and to uncover other aspects relevant to a larger discourse of feasting.
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The Indian Wedding Feast, 2008.
A research paper that illustrates how the caste system, religious beliefs and culture of India perpetuates lavish consumption of the Indian wedding feast.
19,465 words (approx. 77.9 pages), 25 sources, APA, £ 172.95
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This research paper attempts to show that the Indian Hindu wedding feast has changed its form and content, but its meanings in terms of family politics, social and religious norms have not changed. The dissertation includes evidence that can prove that, despite globalization, modernization, and import of western ideas and cultures, the function of the weeding feast has not changed despite the changes in the form and content. In other words, while the cuisine elements due to additional foods and spices being introduced have changed, the tradition of the consumption of food and the meanings behind this consumption have continued to remain the same over time.
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Introduction
Research Questions
Significance of the Research
Methodology
Literature Review
The Caste System In India
The Hindu Marriage Ceremony
The Woman in the Society and Family Hierarchy in India
Food, Eating, and the Wedding Feast in India
Review of the Literature Reviewed In this Study
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"The work of Bloch, Rao and Desai relates that the marriage of a daughter in India in the costliest event in the life of this family which many times results in the parents of the daughter getting into great debt with interest rates "of over 200 percent." The expenditure on food for a wedding is stated to be "more than six times a family's annual income" and many times forces the family into "destitution and bonded labor, especially when there are several daughters to be married." Gender discrimination that occurs in India has been attributed to this specific economic burden."
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Feast or Famine: Trading Places, 2002.
A look at the consequences of swapping the characters in "Woman Warrior" and "Moveable Feast".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper presents a detailed discussion on what would happen if the characters in "Woman Warrior" and "Moveable Feast" traded places. We explore the different mindsets of the two characters and how they would react if in the setting of the other stories. The author of this paper takes us through some personality assessment as well as circumstances that dictate their behavior and reactions.
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"Babette's Feast" and "Razors Edge", 2004.
A comparison and contrast of Babette from Isak Dinesen's short story "Babette's Feast" and Sophie from the novel "Razors Edge" by Somerset Maugham.
957 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper discusses two female literary protagonists, Babette from "Babette's Feast" by Isak Dinesen and Sophie from Somerset Maugham's "Razors Edge". The paper examines the role of food and drink in these two stories. The paper explores these two female characters' use of food and drink in each story.
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"Food and drink are two of the great pleasures and reliefs of life's cares-along with love. So suggests the character of Babette from Isak Dinesen's short story "Babette's Feast" and Sophie from the novel Razors Edge by Somerset Maugham. But food ultimately has the power to sustain the soul, while drink, although it may provide a temporary respite, ultimately can only kill what is good inside of a person. Both Babette and Sophie are symbolic and minor, rather than fully fleshed out characters, which enable different characters in the novel to establish connections between one another that they otherwise would not have been able to. For instance, Babette's decision to have a feast brings together the elder sisters whom she serves with the rest of their surrounding community."
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"Alexander's Feast", 2002.
Looks at the symbolic value of Orpheus and the Golden Lyre and musical metaphor in "Alexander's Feast" by John Dryden.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, £ 24.95
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This paper will discuss "Alexander's Feast" by John Dryden and will explore the symbolism and metaphor within the text. By understanding how music plays a major part of this poem, we can see symbolic and metaphorical value in this theme.
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"Alexander's Feast", 2002.
Discusses the symbolic value of Orpheus and the Golden Lyre and musical metaphore in "Alexander's Feast" by John Dryden.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, £ 24.95
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This paper will discuss "Alexander's Feast" by John Dryden, and will explore the symbolism and metaphor within the text. By understanding how music plays a major part of this poem, we can see symbolic and metaphorical value in this theme.
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"Fast, Feast and Flesh", 2008.
A critical analysis of Catherine Walker Bynum's "Fast, Feast and Flesh: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women".
2,145 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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This essay examines Bynum's analysis of the religious significance of food to medieval women as an example of gender history, paying particular attention to the aspects of medieval culture that she analysed in terms of it being a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, laws, customs and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. The paper discusses how Bynum comes from a functionalist perspective, in that she looks at the mechanisms, which ensured the stability of the social system as a whole, as well as a holistic interpretive approach, in that she separates aspects of the past into important and otherwise untouched areas of study.
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"Bynum's work must be seen in relation to the poststructuralist approach that she employs throughout her work and the turn in feminist history towards the poststructuralist framework of the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its focus on the analysis of discourses, of representations and of the construction of social categories. Bynum's approach, like social history's looks at macro-structural forms of analysis such as social and economic structures as determinants of individual behaviour, (paying particular attention to the role of the Church). Her approach is grounded in psychoanalytic understandings of gender identity formation, and in the rejection of constructivist opinion that denied the importance of the body as a point of study, with Bynum seeking to highlight the body's importance for women and to explore its deeper meanings."
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Religious Distortion, 2002.
This paper looks at the different religious distortions and the meaning of how we use and view the world around us based on the movie, Babette's Feast and the book, "For the Life of the World."
2,102 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper discusses the distortions in religion as they appear in the movie, Babette's Feast and the book, "For the Life of the World." The paper explains that there are three ways of practicing religion; religious, secular and sacramental. The paper goes on to explain why the sacramental view is the correct way to act and not the religious or secular views.
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"In the film Babette's Feast, a major religious point is being shown to the audience through a fable. This fable consists of several different characters: a pastor and his two daughters, Martina and Philippa, several suitors for these daughters, townspeople, and a French housemaid. The fable deals with the way that the townspeople relate to their God through their extremely pious actions and attitudes, and how these views become changed by the end of the movie through a feast given by the French maid, Babette. The lesson being taught by this movie also deals directly with explanations of the Christian religion by Alexander Schmemann in his book, For the Life of the World. The main lesson being taught deals with the various different ways of leading lives dedicated to God, and how each one in its own way is either right and wrong. These different views are: the Secular, which says that the physical is all there is, so do the most with it, the Religious, in which people try to get closer to God by distancing themselves from material things, and the Sacramental, which says that we should be thankful for the things because they were made by God and know that they are not all that there is, and by doing such we are living in communion with God. The movie shows the audience that the Secular distortion and the Religious distortion are both incorrect, and that the Sacramental view is the correct path through the reactions of the various groups to Babette's feast. "
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Mesoamerican Ball Game, 1997.
Describes sport, geography, ball court, types, equipment, purposes (religious, social, recreational), feasting.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 13 sources, £ 43.95
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" The Mesoamerican Ball Game
Introduction
The Mesoamerican ball game was played for recreational, sociopolitical, and religious reasons. The ball game held a central, primary part in the lives of Mesoamerican people. It was played across a wide geographic area by many different peoples. The ball courts began emerging in the Maya lowlands, at the end of the Middle Formative period (Ashmore 496). There is much, about the ball game, which is only theorized or speculated. The archeological evidence concerning the ball game is limited to the location and design of the ball courts, a few pieces of artifacts found in refuse piles, the contents of caches (when they have been recorded), art work depicting the game in progress, and ethnographic accounts. From these sources of.."
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The Evolution of the European Manuscript, 2004.
A history of the development of the manuscript in Europe, particularly the illuminated manuscript.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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This paper gives a brief history of the evolution of the European manuscript. The paper begins with the invention of the Roman codex, then describes the development of Merovingian and insular manuscripts. Next, it discusses the Carolingian Renaissance of the 8th to early 10th centuries. In the medieval period, the manuscript developed through Romanesque, Gothic, and High Gothic phases, and the quantity of books and genres greatly increased. By the Renaissance, England and France had passed their zenith as centers of illumination, but manuscript production in Italy and the Netherlands began to flourish. The final period discussed is the late Renaissance revival of Roman themes. By this time, movable type had overtaken manuscript creation as the primary form of bookmaking.
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"After the Carolingian Renaissance came the Romanesque period, which many consider to be the "golden age of illuminated manuscripts." This period took place in the 11th and 12th centuries in England and France, but did not reach its height in Germany until the 13th century. All elements of the Romanesque manuscript were in harmony: the proportions of lettering and text, the page texture, and the polychromatic illumination. Pages were decorated with 'increased economy and concentration." Initials were the central feature and were decorated with foliage scrolls "inhabited by biting beats, birds, and climbing human figures." Word separation, which had begun in Ireland, was introduced on the continent. During the 12th century, books became larger and developed a two-column format. In this century, tables of contents and indices were added. Romanesque manuscripts showed a widening range of themes. There were more classical works, saints' lives, and chronicles; scientific, legal, and philosophical manuscripts also appeared."
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The Gawain Romances, 2004.
A look at the characteristics and exploits that define the Gawain Romances and whether the main elements of the Gawain tradition have a common source.
2,395 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 50.95
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In this paper the author describes the common elements in the many Gawain stories and how they may often be traced to the hero-god Cuchulainn's characteristics in the Irish story, Bricriu's Feast. The paper begins by outlining Gawain's literary origins and then discusses the important motifs of the Gawain stories: the Beheading Game and the Imperious Host of an otherworldly castle who imposes tests on his guests. Next the paper discusses sir Gawain's courtesy: the courtesy tests he undergoes at the castle of the Imperious Host, his consistent tact and courtesy, and how this is set in opposition to Sir Kay's surliness. This is followed by an examination of Malory's more convoluted representation of Gawain's personality in his "Morte D'Arthur" and an analysis of his relationships with maidens: his many lovers, his bachelorhood, and the theory that he may once have had a divine consort. The paper then examines his waxing and waning strength, which supports the idea that he, like Cuchulainn, may have once been associated with a solar deity. Finally, the paper concludes that the essential elements of Gawain's story seem to have a common Celtic origin that has several parallels to Bricriu's Feast.
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"The origin of sir Gawain is mythic rather than historical and the subject of much debate. Gawain cannot be traced to any character in history, but he does possess many qualities that associate him with Celtic myth, particularly the hero-god Cuchulainn. As paganism was subsumed by Christianity, the Gawain stories entered Christian chronicle and romance. The earliest reference to Gawain may be from William of Malmesbury in 1125 and Weston cites a Professor Zimmer who claims "that the heroes [of the Arthurian tales] were well known in Italy by 1010." Authors such as Hall point out the Welsh Gwalchmei as the earliest equivalent, but Loomis counters that by the second half of the eleventh century, when the Mabinogion was written, the Welsh were borrowing legends from Britain. "
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